After releasing the music video for the song, Jamie Stewart stated that this song is about the girls on a website called backpage.com, which was a hub for underage sex workers, and that a lot of the trafficking takes place in a neighborhood close to where he lives. This line in Faith, Torn Apart is...
[Verse 1]
Petite
Purposeful like a pillbox
Nothing is wrong
For nothing does matter
[Verse 2]
Spelling trouble in the clouds
And making trouble in clouds
This isn't something your heart needs to know
A world of trouble falling down as snow
[Verse 3]
You feel worry and you should
You feel forced because you are
Where did your love for living go?
Recited off of your headstone
[Chorus]
It was not my wish to be a slave
What God wants She does
Empress of Blood and
Murderess of Fools
What God wants She does
[Verse 4]
Sweet Petite
Resolute as a rainbow
What it was and why it won't be
[Verse 5]
Spelling trouble in the clouds
And making trouble in clouds
This isn't something your heart needs to know
A world of trouble coming down as snow
[Verse 6]
You feel senseless and you should
You feel pointless for you are
Where did your hate of this life go?
Rubbed it off from your headstone
[Chorus]
It was, oh, not my aim to be a slave
What God wants She does
Duchess of Blood and
Murderess of Fools
What God wants She does
Petite was written by Jamie Stewart.
Petite was produced by John Congleton & Greg Saunier.